CXRG 512 at Alamosa, CO.

Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad's #209 (SD70MAC) waits in Alamosa, Colorado for the next run to Walsenburg.

Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad's #209 (SD70MAC) sits in the yard at Alamosa, Colorado with vintage passenger cars.

Fresh out of the paint booth is Colorado Pacific Rio Grande #631, a former Royal Gorge GP40.

Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad's #303 (SD70MAC) is an ex-BNSF motor.

The two SD70MAC's of the Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad were once operated by the BNSF Railroad.

The motors of the Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad have arguably one of the best paints schemes to grace a locomotive.

It may look like the Carolinas, but this is actually Alamosa, Colorado. Sitting in the San Luis & Rio Grande yard are Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad F9B 6622 (the WCLR is a shortline in both the Ca... (more)

RPCX 6622 at Alamosa, CO.

Freshly painted Colorado Pacific-CXR 316 at Alamosa, CO. New owners for the former San Luis and Rio Grande RR. I will be back again, hope it all pans out for them.

There was a lot of interesting equipment in the San Luis & Rio Grande's yard in Alamosa when I visited. On the left is a former Southern Pacific caboose, Railroad Passenger Car Numbering Bureau (... (more)

Ex SLRG 459 now with BUGX reporting marks.

RPCX 804 being used in work train service on the old SLRG at Alamosa, CO.

ALAMOSA CO Oct 21 1977 — The last vestiges of the below-the-horizon sun illuminate Rio Grande GP40 3077 as the moon climbs skyward at right. My photo.

A San Luis & Rio Grande photo freight, powered by 2-6-0 No. 1744, aims at La Veta Pass east of after departing Alamosa, Colorado, at first light. This is a special photo freight operated by the ra... (more)